Id does not make amazing games any more. But most would probably agree that Wolfenstein 3D, Doom 1+2, and Quake 2 (+1?) were amazing games for their time.

As does Visual Studio 2010: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2010/04/06/c-0x-core-language-features-in-vc10-the-table.aspx

Surely you mean C++0xb?

C++0b implies octal, but b isn't an octal digit.

There's always C# if you want garbage collection.

No, it doesn't help to explain them at all. Did 1.5 million people riot in London just because they were ignored? Nope. Because these were ordinary, civilized, and decent people.

The truth is, these rioters are hopeless waste-of-spaces that have no respect for anything or anyone, and are just looting and vandalizing for no reason other than "it's a bit of a laugh" or "I can get away with it, so why not". These really are the type of scum that you wouldn't piss on if they were on fire.

How brief was it? Because if you'd looked a little harder, you'd have realised that .NET can be used to do almost any type of application, with few exceptions (low level, low latency, real time). .NET programming is so easy, you can churn out .NET applications much faster than if you were developing using C++ and the Win32 API. It's virtually a fact (well, if it isn't then it should be).

BTW, I program in both C++ (unmanaged on Windows+Linux+Unix) and C# (Windows). I see the benefits of both, I'm not a C++ snob ;)

While the intentions were commendable, UAC fails because quite frankly the average Windows user simply doesn't have a clue and will just click yes without understanding the implications. Because of this - well, mainly - malware will likely continue to be a problem on Windows for a very long time.

Ok, imagine we shut down all the world's existing nuclear power plants, and replace them with coal/gas/oil power stations instead.

Face facts, renewable energy sources that generate the majority of the planet's energy needs are a long way off.

We're fucked.

A serious understatement. While the UK does have the very occasional tremor, they're so minor that nothing more than a single roof tile has ever moved*. There are no active volcanoes. And hurricanes/tornadoes/etc are extremely rare.

The UK must be one of the best places to build nuclear reactors.

* I'm just assuming this. The point is that they are incredibly minor compared to earthquakes experienced by most other countries.

This is Earth, not Kronos. Cowardice is irrelevant, winning is everything.

Nope, this isn't recursion. It's repetition, an infinite loop.

In that case it's not mandatory, so you shouldn't even be using it at work.

Precisely. For the vast majority of companies that produce commercial software, Linux is just not worth it.

I hope this changes, some day, because it's a good OS and there's nothing worse than a monopoly. I'm writing this on Linux but Windows is my main OS because it's just so much easier to use. No need to flame me for this, it's a very common view!